Cloud Infrastructure Architect Job

At DSW, we believe in the power of shoes. We understand shoes bring out something great from within, and since 1991 we've been helping everyone feel the rush of finding that perfect pair. So when you work for DSW, you become a part of all that. A family whose core values are comprised of passion, accountability, collaboration, and humility. You become one of us, You become a Shoe Lover!

We are looking for a technologically talented individual to help DSW evolve its computing landscapes, enabling our business to realize the full advantage of retail opportunities as they arise. The Cloud Infrastructure Architect requires a mix of hands-on technical development work, conceptual design, and leadership through influence. Based on a cloud-first approach, you will be responsible for strategic technology enablement, architecting and supporting right-time solutions in collaboration with various technology teams at DSW. Working with other Engineers, Architects, and Business Analysts throughout the Technology Adoption Lifecycle (TAL), you will contribute to a team that has been tasked to be agents of change at DSW, driving the next evolution of IT for our business and our customers.

As a Cloud Infrastructure Architect at DSW, you will be constantly presented with new challenges of sizable scope and variety that enable DSW to realize the capability and efficiency of public cloud infrastructure. You are a technologist with strong bias to action, excellent analytical skills, and talent for good engineering. We offer an unbeatable work environment and opportunities to influence the technological growth of a high performing retail enterprise. This position reports to the Manager, IT Infrastructure Solutions and has no direct reports.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with other DSW Solution Centers to understand workload requirements and guide them to the best leverage of infrastructure cloud services, optimizing for performance, cost and architectural flexibility

Work with the team to design large scale enterprise integration patterns between our cloud environments and our on-premises services

Define and evolve Infrastructure strategies and roadmaps that support business critical applications within a cloud environment

Research and present new technology trends, influencing peers and leadership toward adoption, driving accountability of the achievement of roadmap milestones

Define and maintain logical and technical views of Reference Architectures